Pink Baby and Plaid Baby Day

Today is Pink Baby and Plaid Baby Day. One year ago today - April 6, 2007- we got the notification that we had been referred the beautiful Ling Cha Yao (Amelia) and Ling Cha Qiong (Sally).

That night we went to China Fun, a Chinese restaurant, to celebrate with Laura, DeYan, Gene, Stacie, Julian and our nephew Jake.

Tonight, on Pink Baby and Plaid Baby Day, we talked a lot about what a great day that was, and we went back to China Fun with Laura and DeYan to revisit the day. Every year on April 6th we will celebrate and tell the girlies about how happy we were when we got the call.

March with the Girlies

In March my 'Mom' and her latest husband Don came to visit us for Easter. It was all good fun - they came to see the girlies at Gymboree and, uh, some other stuff.

March is also Kim's birthday, which as you all know is the most important day on the calendar. For Kim's birthday I decided to surprise her with theater tickets for 'The Little Mermaid', Kim's favorite movie ever. Then I decided to surprise myself by realizing, at 7 PM the night of the show, that I had tickets for the 2:00 show earlier. Man, was she surprised. There are no photos of that, but I thought I would tell the story anyway, because a lot of people think I am perfect and never make mistakes. Listen, I'm not perfect. I put my pants on just like the rest of you - one leg at a time. Except, once my pants are on, I make gold records.

Also that night, Amelia decided to vomit huge volumes of vomit about five times.

Amelia writing her memoirs

Amelia on the phone with her publisher (see above)

Kim is absolutely beautiful

Kim and Sally at Gymboree

Me on the swings with Amelia, with my 'Mom'

Papa Don pushing Sally on the swings - they are both laughing like crazy!

My 'Mom' and Elmo with Sally

Oh man - that is really freaky! (Or: Ozzie got into the Uranium again!)

Easter Dinner!

Judy kissing the girlies at the Natural History Museum

Papa Don doing the same

Judy and Sally walking out of the museum

I think Amelia is going to win!

Sally takes the lead!

As my sister might say, "I could die of cuteness"

The girlies about to hug at the Botanical Garden

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Amelia LOVES to pick stuff up - whenever she hears the 'Clean Up' song she jumps up and starts putting stuff away. I love this, of course, because it is important to clean and stuff. Here she is singing her daddy's favorite song.

Sally having a great time at Gymboree



At the park with Judy and Don - Amelia going down the slide by herself



Easter morning with the girlies - they are very happy



The girlies with their Easter squeaky shoes



The girlies at the NY Botanical Garden - they were holding hands and being incredibly cute



Can you give a big hug?

February with the Girlies

In February we celebrated Chinese New Year, our first (of course) with the girlies. It was also time to get Sally a haircut.

Chinese New Year

Sally getting her first haircut

Amelia is darn cute

The girlies sitting in their Chinese outfits

Sally is a future piano player, like her Grammy

It is a tradition for children to kowtow to their parents on Chinese New Year - DeYan reluctantly complied
The girlies with the Jervis-McCarthy's
The girlies with Mimi - the best nanny ever!

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Sally getting a haircut



Going down the slide with Amelia



The girlies playing with a feather boa at DeYan's for Chinese New Year

January 2008 with the Girlies

Nothing much happened in January - the girlies were a bit sick and it was cold and boring, so there isn't anything interesting to say. Below are a couple of pictures and a video of the girlies on their tricycles.

Sally on her tricycle

First time on the tricyles




The girlies on their tricycles